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BOISE, Idaho — Gerald Michael “Mike” Bullinger is wanted for failure to report three deaths on the property he and his wife recently bought on North KCID Road outside Caldwell.
The nationwide warrant does not list any charges that allege a role in the triple homicide, but Canyon County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Marv Dashiell said Bullinger is a person of interest in the killings.
Three women were found dead Monday in a shed on the property, each apparently killed by a single gunshot, Dashiell said. The deaths likely happened between one and two weeks ago, he said.
“It is gruesome,” he said.
The women ranged in age from teens to mid-50s, he said, declining to elaborate further.
Bullinger’s 57-year-old wife, Cheryl Baker, is missing, her brother Byron Baker earlier told the Statesman, and family and friends have not heard from her for around 10 days. He said he did not know who else might have been at the property besides his sister and Bullinger.
Dashiell would not say whether Baker was one of three women connected with the property who are reportedly missing. Nor would he say what reported connections to the property the missing women had.
Bullinger was last seen in Ogden, Utah, about 10 days ago, according to the sheriff’s office. As of Wednesday, Dashiell said, “he could be anywhere.”
Autopsies on the women were conducted Tuesday but final results are not in and the bodies have not been identified.
No motive for the killings is known at this time, Dashiell said.
Bullinger is possibly driving a white Ford Focus with Utah plates 129UMP, he said. He is described as 6-foot-1 and about 240 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes.
His family had expressed concern about Bullinger’s whereabouts before the bodies were discovered, Dashiell said. Byron Baker said one of Bullinger’s adult sons called the sheriff’s office Monday to request a welfare check.
That welfare check late Monday morning led to the discovery of the three bodies, partially covered, in a shed, Dashiell said.
Dead birds and dogs were also found on the property, Dashiell said, and a live snake, a rat and some rabbits were all removed from the house.
Investigators are spending a third day at the scene near U.S. 20/26 Wednesday, collecting evidence and piecing together what happened.
